Our
school has put hand sanitizer dispensers all over campus. It has
occurred
to me that we strongly encourage our students to wash their hands after
labs
and that some of them may mistakenly think that the application of hand
sanitizer may accomplish this. (Sometimes, students do not
distinguish
between similar different things well.)

Not
only does one not rinse hand sanitizer off, but it is largely alcohol,
which
may increase skin permeability. Students are given at least as
much
safety information as they can assimilate already. Is this
something
worth worrying about?

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